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PORT VALE 3 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 0 Saturday 4th August 2018 A warm and sunny Vale Park welcomed visitors Cambridge United for the season’s opening game. In the final match of last season, Cambridge ran out comfortable 5-0 winners, so the Vale had a point to prove. A much-changed Vale team had no fewer than five […]

Match Preview – Vale at Grimsby and Barnet Vale face a helping of fish and bees over the next few days – a period of time which could go a long way in deciding their future and their place in the Football League, as they take on fellow strugglers Grimsby Town and then Barnet in […]

Report: Port Vale 0 Newport County 0 Vale were forced to share the points in a drab affair at Vale Park against Newport County, with neither side able to make the breakthrough as the game finished all square at nil-nil. Vale certainly put the effort in, but there was a distinct lack of quality on […]

MATCH REPORT: Port Vale v Colchester United A late goal from midfielder David Worrall saw Vale snatch an unlikely point late on in the game after trailing all through the second half up to that point. The visitors took and early lead when Cortney Senior converted in the 2th minute, only for Worrall to net […]

MATCH PREVIEW: Port Vale v Colchester United Neil Aspin has promised to adopt an attacking outlook as he looks to get back to winning ways and steer his side further from the foot of the table. The Vale boss feels striker Tom Pope has been isolated somewhat in recent games and is determined to do […]

Match Report: Accrington Stanley 3 Port Vale 2 Vale threw away a two-goal half time lead when Accrington Stanley hit back with two goals of their own in a two-minute spell early in the second half at the Wham Stadium. Neil Aspin’s side got themselves and early lead when Tom Pope headed home his fifteen […]

Match Preview: Accrington Stanley v Port Vale Vale make the trip to Lancashire this weekend where they take on high-flying Accrington Stanley, looking for their first win since their 4-0 drubbing on leaders Luton Town at the end of December. Vale have picked up just one point from three game since, but as they showed […]

REPORT: Port Vale v Yeovil Town REPORT: Port Vale v Yeovil Town Vale came from behind to earn their first point of 2018 at the third time of asking, with a less than convincing performance against Yeovil Town. Vale never really played to the levels witnessed in their last two home fixtures against Coventry […]

MATCH PREVIEW: Port Vale v Yeovil Town Vale face Yeovil Town on Saturday afternoon at Vale Park for the fourth time this season looking to beat the Glovers for the first time in four, following two draws and a defeat. Memories of the last game between the two clubs in mid-December are raw, after the […]

Match Report: Forest Green Rovers 1 Port Vale 0 Vale lost for the second time in six days when a debut goal from Ruben Reid was the difference as bottom side Forest Green Rovers did enough to see off Neil Aspin’s side. Rovers turned the form table on its head to beat the Vale, earning […]